Re: Odds and Ends
Posted on 2014-01-26, 19:27
bristlehog wrote: The MIDI daughterboard is IBM S-W1/C (1 Mb ROM). Thanks, I was never able to set it up before, and now that you told be what it is I was able to finally hear it on youtube.
Re: Leaping Lab rats! Another build progress of some kind by Reese!
Posted on 2014-01-26, 19:24
That's gotta be one of the cooest cases I've ever seen.
Odds and Ends
Posted on 2014-01-24, 20:12
I've stripped these parts from two 486 era PC's. Those are the oldest computers I've ever owned. They weren't functional, so I took what I could. I know this forum loves parts from this era, so I felt I should post what I have. (I'm not a photographer by any means, or proficient in posting images in …
Re: So I made a legacy 98SE PC, nothing too special...
Posted on 2014-01-22, 22:12
I've worked with that model (or atleast models with that case) a lot, I'll tell you what I know about it. The CPU, depending if the FSB is 100MHz or 133MHz the max you can get is a slotket Tualatin Pentium 3 S or a Tualatin based Celeron. Personally I'd just stick to slot one stuff because I've had …
Re: Let's tinker with pre Core 2 Duo Windows XP era platforms
Posted on 2013-12-10, 16:36
[quote="NJRoadfan"]Rumor has it that I am inheriting a Dimension 4600 from a relative after it gets replaced. After 10 years, its time for it to go... but not until after I pull out the expensive DDR SDRAM. This was one of the few 4600s that survived. Most of them had a faulty power supply that …
Re: Let's tinker with pre Core 2 Duo Windows XP era platforms
Posted on 2013-12-08, 21:02
The machine I use everyday is an old Dell Dimension 4600. I've upgraded it to high hell and beyond whatever it was supposed to do though. It is unfortunately a Pentium 4, but I made sure to upgrade it to be the "best pentium 4" I could. (yes, an oxymoron) :lol: So, it's CPU is a Pentium 4 Extreme, …
Re: post up pics of your "computing area"
Posted on 2013-12-08, 20:41
That's my room. The computer is around 9 years old and I use it everyday.
Re: New to the community: My Win9X system.
Posted on 2013-07-20, 01:32
Indeed they were.
Re: New to the community: My Win9X system.
Posted on 2013-07-18, 19:03
I know that machine anywhere. The ones I had were were a little different, they had a proprietary psu, and no agp. Sound and graphics were integrated. They could only boot with a maximum of 512MB which ticked me off because why put three slots in if you can't go to 768MB?...well anyway, I suped them …
Re: Imac G3 with an SSD won't boot OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Posted on 2013-07-17, 23:15
MintPPC can probably use trim etc, I had some instructions for optimizing it, but since it never booted I never bothered and now use the SSD in my laptop. At the time I assumed the IDE to SATA adapter would work fine as it came with the SSD and was advertised working with older hardware. As for the …
Re: Imac G3 with an SSD won't boot OS X 10.4 Tiger.
Posted on 2013-07-05, 22:54
I know this is an old thread, but since no one is helping, I thought I should offer what I could. I have a G3 iMac like you do, it's a little newer, it's max ram is 1GB, like you I wanted to beef it up more, so I got a faster HDD. Then I learned about SSDs, and I got one eventually. (made by other …
Re: Windows XP is now "old". What are you doing?
Posted on 2013-06-30, 16:35
I still use XP, I know that Seven is supposed to be better, but......I've used it and I have to say that I like XP. I like the explorer better, I like the classic start menu, I like the classic theme, I like the control panel, I like not having search boxes. When running XP I feel like I'm in charge …
Re: How many Retro PCs do you got in your house?
Posted on 2013-06-11, 16:58
Mine: -My main machine Dimension 4600, P4 ee, 4GB of RAM, AGP Radeon HD 4670, Velociraptor HDD, Xfi sound card -My others include: -Dimension L800r with a 1.4Ghz Pentium 3 S modified for it. I also put in one of those Killer NIC's (wouldn't fit in main PC) -Presario 4504, with a Soundblaster 16, got …
Re: Old S478 based office PC
Posted on 2013-03-06, 16:32
I don't know what you want to use it for, retro gaming wouldn't work very well as far as I know. The best CPU for s478 is a 3.2 ghz P4 Extreme Edition, it's what I'm using right now actually. RAM, I can't tell what the max is, with 2 slots my guess is 1GB with 512MB each HDD, I can't tell if SATA is …
Re: Old fart topic: What was your hardware specs in 1992?
Posted on 2013-03-01, 05:08
I was only 3 years old so I didn't know what a computer was, but I know what was in my family's possession. Let's see, the easy one is the IBM PS/2. We had that for a while, it was kept in my grandmother's house and neglected due to it being a piece of defective junk. The monitor and drives had to …
Re: Too new for old
Posted on 2013-02-15, 04:01
eduke32 will work for Duke Nukem
Re: what hardware were you using in 1999?
Posted on 2013-02-15, 03:58
I was only 10 at the time and the PC is long gone, so this is by memory. Dell Dimension, no idea what kind CPU=Pentium iii 450MHz? (it was a Slot 1, so a Katmai) RAM= It had 1 stick (double sided) of either PC100 or 133, I'm inclined to believe 100, guessing 128MB Sound=Turtle Beach something or …
Re: Mi future 486...hopefully!
Posted on 2013-02-12, 18:46
you would need a usb header for that memory card reader.
Re: Compaq 4504
Posted on 2012-12-18, 22:35
I just wanted to say that Old Thrashbarg's suggestion of 256kx16 SOJ EDO chips was correct. I ordered them quite cheaply and installed them easily. Thanks for the advice.
Re: N64 emulation - does anyone else share my dissatisfaction?
Posted on 2012-11-20, 20:29
I had to get an everdrive 64 also. N64 emulation doesn't look like it's going to ever be as good as Nintendo 8 and 16 bit emulation.
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